The Google Search Before The Job Search
It would be worthwhile to do a Google search of your name before you apply for your next job. In case you blog in your real name, it makes sense to read through your archives & comments and look for content, which might be considered inappropriate, abusive or defamatory.
Update: Srivatsan points to a Business Week article that deals with the same topic.
posted by Kaps at
6:25 PM
5 Comments:
OMG thats a disturbing news !! I blog using my own name...damn..
By
greensatya, at 9:13 PM
Given how impulsively I write without much forethought, chances are high that I might have to shut down my blog prior to applying for a job!
By
Anonymous, at 9:21 PM
Hm sounds pretty unfair and scary.
Unfair because, it could have been anyone with her name.. how did they verify the person was the same? [ok may be I dint read the article fully ;)]
Scary because, of obvious reasons.
By
BZ, at 10:53 PM
@Greensatya,
As long as you don't cross the line, you should be fine.
@Krithika,
People can still trace you by using Google Cache :-)
@Saranya,
good point....but they might have tracked down based on the location etc.
By
Kaps, at 12:18 AM
I had a post on similar lines here
http://gauteg.blogspot.com/2006/03/passive-recruiting.html
regards
Gautam
By
Gautam Ghosh, at 2:17 AM
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